Last week London was abuzz as the publishing world descended on Earl's Court for the annual London Book Fair. Over the course of the three day event, publishers worked to tout their books, secure the next big deal and debate "hot topics" like digital, which has generated a lot of...

The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center's annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition encourages Columbia Business School students to explore creative entrepreneurial ideas that are sufficiently ambitious in scope and scale to be considered "outrageous." All participating ventures give 90-second elevator pitches via video (see examples of this year's pitches...